Insurance
Apr. 20, 2001
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Increasingly, clients are pursuing claims against their former attorneys seeking potentially massive damages for insurance-related malpractice. The damages claimed include the lost "primary" benefit of an insurance-funded defense (see Montrose Chem. Corp. v. Superior Court, 6 Cal.4th 287 (1993)), the lost profitable alternative uses for sums paid in defense costs, the increased costs to litigate coverage claims and the reduced value of those coverage claims.
Increasingly, clients are pursuing claims against their former attorneys seeking potentially massive damages for insurance-related malpractice. The damages claimed include the lost "primary" benefit of an insurance-funded defense (see Montrose Chem. Corp. v. Superior Court, 6 Cal.4th 287 (...
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